novelraw Chapter 167 Snake Demon + Night Attack
Chapter 167 Snake Demon + Night Attack
Daiyu slept all night with the knife in her arms, and was woken up three times by the diaphragm... The handle of the knife was so hard that when her arm was pressed against it, her arm was numb QAQ!The silver scabbard was so cold that it could freeze his ribs even through his clothes, and the gem made three small pits QAQ on his arm.
The next morning, being served by the maids, she sat in front of the mirror and thought quietly, is the so-called 'sleeping with a knife', like the description in the poem, an exaggeration of the facts?Am I being too real?
At the same time, he ordered: "Heart, ask a boy to inquire about that old Taoist priest?"
"Yes."
Early in the morning, Mr. Yao sent someone to look for a stall in Donkey's Tail Alley in the south of the city to buy shredded radish pancakes, and sold ten of them back.
The seller of shredded radish pancakes is a little old lady, with an oil pan, a pot of batter, a bowl of fresh shrimp, and a pot of shredded radish.
Four or five oval-shaped empty molds are fried in the oil pan, and a bamboo chopstick is tied to the mold. When someone comes to buy radish cakes, the old lady takes out the mold, scoops a spoonful of batter, holds a chopstick with shredded radish, and puts shrimp For extra money, scoop up another spoonful of batter to cover it.
Then put it in the oil pan.The oily pier slowly released from the mold, turned golden yellow, and floated on the oil surface.
Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, no spicy taste, only the unique fragrant taste of white radish.
There is also a small stall next to it, which sells pure shredded radish pancakes—shorted shredded radish buns thrown tip-side down in a large frying pan, browned on both sides.
The servant who was sent didn't know which kind the young master was referring to. When he asked the people next to him, they all said that these two shops were old shops.
I simply bought ten of each, if the young master doesn't like to eat, he really wants to eat.
Mr. Muxuan Yumu changed into another set of pure white brocade robes - anyone who loves to wear white clothes knows that if you want your clothes to be white and not stained with dust, you have to wash them every day, every day.That set of clothes was taken to be washed by the maid yesterday.
Breakfast is still brought up, there are several kinds of porridge, noodles in clear soup, and a few dishes of refreshing and appetizing side dishes.
Yao Sanlang came over from the next door, and upon seeing her expression, he asked, "Did you not sleep well last night?"
Daiyu yawned and nodded: "The old Taoist said that a thief broke into the house at night, hum, I couldn't sleep well all night."
Yao Sanlang smiled: "Even if there are thieves, it doesn't matter. Before going to bed, set up a maze array outside the door and window, no matter who comes, you can trap them. What should we do now? Sleep after dinner?"
Daiyu shook her head wearily, closed her eyes quietly and circulated the true qi in her body for three weeks, and the exhaustion, heaviness and tiredness in her body were swept away.He opened his eyes refreshed: "Okay. Let's eat, we have to go on the road later."
Yao Sanlang said: "Okay." I asked the boy to buy shredded radish pancakes, why haven't you come back yet?Before me and Daiyu, I did a good job of being an eyesore, but I can't do other things well?If you don't come back, breakfast will be over.
The boy knocked on the door with an oiled paper bag in his hand: "My lord, I have bought something." Waited in line for a long time.
Yao Sanlang said: "Come in. Come here and put it here." The oily dumpling is still warm, and the skin of the shredded radish cake is also very crispy, exuding a wonderful aroma mixed with fresh and burnt aroma, it doesn't look very oily.
The boy put down his things and left. They all knew the real identity of Mr. Mu and did not dare to offend him.
Daiyu was quite surprised, I had never eaten this kind of food, I thought my godmother made me all the delicacies in the world.
I picked up a beautiful oil dumpling and put it on a plate, it was still steaming hot.I poked it with chopsticks, and the crispy skin on the outside creaked.After taking a bite, it was really crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It tasted a little greasy, but it was delicious. The batter might have added pepper, which tasted spicy. The shredded radish was pure, without the taste of salt. Chopped green onions are not crispy but sweet.
She nodded approvingly: "Not bad." But it's just not bad, too oily.
Yao Sanlang swallowed one in one gulp, it was crispy and crunchy: "Well, the taste hasn't changed at all. It's fine if you don't put the shrimp in, this thing has pure radish flavor." He ordered someone to go to the kitchen to ask for sweet bean sauce and oil Spicy peppers to dip and eat.
While eating, another boy knocked on the door: "Master."
Hearts went to open the door and rolled her eyes.
The boy nodded.
Hearts let him in: "My lord, I found out. Tell me."
Daiyu was drinking porridge, put down the spoon, calm and handsome: "Yeah."
The servant lowered his head respectfully: "Young Master Mu, I have just inquired about it for a while. The origin of this old Taoist priest is unknown. He came here a month ago. It is said that he is very effective."
Yao Sanlang smiled contemptuously: "What kind of efficacious method?" Dare to say efficacious in front of me?
The young man bowed and said: "It is said that he can climb Pingping to cross the water. Although this is not a great ability, but he claims to be able to go without food for three days. It is said that when he first arrived in this town, the Taoist temple did not allow him The old man sat in meditation for three days and three nights in the busiest area, neither eating nor moving. There were people coming and going, and no one saw him move his place."
Daiyu smiled slightly: "It's not surprising." I heard from Master.
What Master is talking about is the version of monks, and it is also a place where you sit quietly for three days and three nights, and you want to make alms with rich people.The string of rosary beads in the monk's sleeve is the best beef jerky, and there are crushed ginseng foam, ice flakes, and ebony plums in it. Eating it can refresh you and quench your thirst.
The boy was also very surprised. He didn't expect the princess to have such a high level of vision, and said: "At that time, there was a rich family who thought that the Taoist master was great, and donated him 200 taels of silver, and the old Taoist priest donated it to the Taoist temple. It happened that the owner of this inn passed by In front of Daoist Master, the old Taoist made a fortune for him casually."
Yao Sanlang gnawed on the oil pie and ate it, asking, "What's that?"
The boy was also a little confused, scratching his head and said: "The old Taoist said that there is a small tree three feet to the east of the grave of the innkeeper's father, and under the tree is his wealth. I was going to visit the grave during the festival, so I found an excuse to dig up the book, and I dug it down, and guess what? There was a jar with 50 taels of silver in it. It was a sensation at the time!"
Daiyu was also surprised when she heard this, and looked at Yao Sanlang: "This... this is so strange."
Yao Sanlang dropped the mustard shreds into the rotten meat noodles in shock, and didn't care: "Really?"
The boy said: "Everyone in the city saw it, and they all went to ask the old Taoist. The old Taoist was still very humble, and only said that when he passed the cemetery, he saw a silver light shrouded in it, and he only knew the truth when he gave it to the shopkeeper. Carry the silver back. Afterwards, there was a sensation in the whole city, and everyone came to the store to see it, not because they had never seen silver, but because it was so rare. The shopkeeper asked the Taoist priest to stay here, and there was no need for food and store money."
Yao Sanlang slapped his thigh in frustration: Why didn't I think of it back then?
Daiyu nodded, unable to understand it, so that she was a little depressed: "What's going to happen after that?"
The boy said again: "The other thing is the man who came to look for him last night. The old Taoist said that there were evildoers in his house. I heard that his wife disappeared last night. There was a huge snake slough on the bed, which scared him." He ran to the old Taoist priest for help."
Scared, Heart took a step back: "Ah!"
Daiyu was very excited: "Snake demon?"
Yao Sanlang's eyes brightened: "Bai Niangzi?"
Daiyu said: "A thousand-year-old snake demon who has become a spirit and married a man?"
Yao Sanlang said in a low voice: "Snake monsters are delicious, but only bad snake monsters who have eaten many good people can eat them... they must be arrested and sent to the heavenly court for trial. After the death sentence, the body can be used to cook soup and drink."
But now the snake demons who love to eat people have learned to be smart, picking bad people to eat and absorb energy. There are many bad people in the world.Oh, if it's a female snake demon, you can take it back and have a blind date with Senior Brother Huangfu!
He is the most hypocritical, other people can fall in love across species, only he insists on finding a snake demon with his fangs.
Daiyu glanced at him, quite moved: "Ganniang said that there are many small worms on the snake." The last warning has no substance, so I didn't eat it.
Yao Sanlang waved his hands calmly, and said with a gentle smile, "It doesn't matter, Elder Brother will do this."
The cold sweat on the boy's body drenched his clothes. He was terrified when he heard about the snake demon. The snake demon can eat people!I didn't expect the two sons to be so tough, and they immediately started preparing to eat the snake demon with bright eyes. They really deserved to be the national teacher and princess!
Daiyu asked, "Any other stories?"
The boy didn't dare to raise his head: "No more. Oh, I heard that a rich family who believed in Buddhism disliked the old Taoist priest for making Taoism famous and lowering Buddhism, so he let the dog chase him. I was so scared that I lay down on the ground and didn’t dare to move.”
Daiyu blinked and guessed, "Is it medicine?"
Yao Sanlang shook his head and said with a smile: "You don't know, there is a special way. If you wear tiger fur-lined boots, or hide tiger fur in the dust, you can scare the dogs. Tigers are hundred King of beasts, what kind of beast is crazy, dare to provoke it."
Daiyu smiled and shook her head: "I thought it was a strange prescription."
The boy and Hongtao suddenly realized: "Mr. Yao is really knowledgeable and talented."
Daiyu said with a smile: "Sanlang, I'm not in a hurry to leave now, I really want to see what the snake demon looks like, and the old Taoist, is it true talent and learning, or is it pretending to be a ghost?"
Yao Sanlang blinked his left eye playfully, and winked: "It's easy to understand."
Take the breakfast away for the servants to eat.
It's not that the two sons are reluctant to throw away the leftovers, nor are they reluctant to buy food for the young man. At present, a young man is in charge of the money, this is their own arrangement.But I was eager to call out good dishes for the two young masters. Anyway, I can't move a few chopsticks. The rest is ours. The food is delicious and very decent.Others saw it, and knew that these servants were confidantes. Ordinary servants were not qualified to be rewarded.
The two young masters sat opposite each other in the room, Yao Sanlang thought for a while, frowned and said: "It's not right, this thing is not right, last night we both saw that man who was rolling and crawling all over his body, I didn't It can be seen that there is a monster in his body. Even if I don't need to look at it with real energy, I can get a rough idea, so that even the fairy husband can't recognize it."
Daiyu rested her chin on her hand and thought for a while: "I heard that people who have been sucked by goblins are very thin and fragile, but that person last night was clearly a strong man."
Yao Sanlang said: "It's also possible that the goblin is really nice to him and didn't absorb his energy, that's all there."
After thinking about it for a while, the two decided to take a look, seeing is believing.
Yao Sanlang went downstairs to ask the shopkeeper, and only then did he know that the man was not from the city last night, but a squire from the outskirts of the city. His family had hundreds of mu of fertile land and hired people to cultivate it. His parents died early, and he had only one wife and no children.
Hearing the praise of the old Taoist priest from the shopkeeper, Yao Sanlang felt very embarrassed and a little unhappy.Daiyu looked at him with a smile on the side, this expression is really funny.
The old Taoist suddenly appeared: "Young Master Mu, you don't think there were thieves attacking you last night, so the poor are not allowed, do you?"
Daiyu raised her eyebrows: "Perhaps the thief heard what the Taoist said and dared not come again. I don't know."
The old Taoist stared at her for a while, then said in a deep voice, "Young Master, it is not suitable to travel westward these days." After finishing speaking, he walked away without waiting for the two of them to reply.
Daiyu observed him with great interest, and said in a low voice, "Sanlang!"
She shook her head slightly, indicating that something was wrong with the old Taoist priest.
Yao Sanlang asked: "Shopkeeper, where is the house that is said to be haunted by goblins? We brothers are going to watch the excitement."
The shopkeeper was stunned: "It's just to the west, two sons, I see you two are so handsome and tidy, with your servants, you must be the sons of a rich family. There is a saying that a daughter of a thousand gold can't sit down, Daoist Since I said that it is not suitable to go west, don't go. If something happens, it will be too late to regret it."
Daiyu said: "My brother is good at catching monsters, and I am good at swordsmanship. I am ordered by my master to travel, so I can only face up to difficulties, and I must not shrink back when I see such a thing."
Yao Sanlang also said: "You are not the only one who knows the location, even if you don't tell me, he will tell me if I ask others, don't make me bother."
The shopkeeper was speechless: "Walk west from the west gate, and there is a 'Yin Family Village' twenty miles away. You are so scared, you two, be careful."
They took two young servants and a maid very carefully, light riders, five horses without any luggage, armed with swords, packed a little dry food and went.After galloping all the way, I reckoned that I had reached the place, and inquired about it, it was the house in front of me.
Riding away, Yinjiazhuang is not too big (Daiyu has a big vision, please ignore her evaluation), and the house looks half-new, not old.
The two silently felt the 'Qi' here, and looked at each other: "There is no evil spirit."
"Yes, no."
"Go in and see?"
"Just passing by."
There is a white cloth hanging on the door, which reads: sorry for the inconvenience.
The door was half open, and there seemed to be the sound of old monks chanting scriptures inside, and the servants who came and went were all wearing white cloths.
Daiyu looked carefully on the horse and said, "Is this... a funeral?"
Menzi jumped in startled and shouted, "Master, someone is here."
The two young masters looked at each other and got off their horses together.
Uncle Yin came out quickly, dressed in mourning clothes and leaning on a cane in his hand, his face was gloomy and somewhat frightened, it could be seen that he was a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, his yellow face may also be caused by haggardness.
He was tall with thick hands and big feet, and his movements were a little slow. He seemed to have injuries on his legs, and he clasped his fists hastily: "What are you two doing here?" His voice was hoarse and powerful, with a feeling of billowing smoke.
Yao Sanlang said: "My two brothers heard about Zun's family in the city, so I came here...to be annoyed."
Uncle Yin said in a deep voice: "It's just a little housework, I don't dare to do it. This is not a place to keep people, you two young masters, please go back."
Just as Dai Yu was about to speak, Yao Sanlang tugged her cuff with his backhand, and said again: "This... my two brothers came from a long way to ask for a bowl of water, isn't it too much?"
Uncle Yin narrowed his eyes and frowned: "Okay. Please."
Not to give a bowl of water to drink, but to invite you into the back hall. Uncle Yin said: "I think the two young masters are handsome, and this young master seems to have something to say, so I invite you to come in. I don't know what I can teach you."
Yao Sanlang drank water: "Junior brother, what did you just say?"
Daiyu really didn't expect this person to be so emaciated, and she could still see this, she said directly and simply: "Forgive me, there is no evil spirit above this Yin family village, and you are not entangled by goblins... Traces of the past." Shy, can only say entanglement, you know.
Uncle Yin thinks about the past few years of his marriage, he is indeed in good health, he eats deliciously, he is not as pale and thin as in the novels and turned into medicine residue.Looking at the two people sitting opposite, they look more like gods than the old Taoist priest.
In all fairness, he really, really doesn't want his daughter-in-law to be a goblin. If someone says no and can find an excuse, he must believe it!
After pondering for a moment: "The two young masters are cultivators?"
Yao Sanlang nodded: "Exactly."
Uncle Yin thought for a while: "If you put it this way, the lady's daily life doesn't look like a snake demon... She likes to eat soft and rotten braised pork, she is afraid of blood, and she doesn't cling to people on the bed, and she doesn't stick out her tongue. How can there be such a snake demon. I really hope that the Taoist priest lied to me, but she did disappear suddenly, leaving only a snake slough on the bed, how can this be explained."
Daiyu blushed and seemed to understand, but felt very embarrassed.
Yao Sanlang said: "What about the snake slough, can I have a look?"
Uncle Yin said: "It's put in the coffin... wait a minute." He went out to open the coffin, gritted his teeth and took out the coiled snake slough.
Yao Sanlang snorted: "This is definitely not the snake slough of a boa constrictor that can be cultivated to become refined. Although it is quite fresh, it is only a 20-year-old snake slough. Brother Yin, have you ever seen a snake slough? The skin that the snake sloughs off is a tube." , this is a piece, in order to make it look bigger when planed."
Uncle Yin fiddled with the snake slough with a look of disgust, and there was indeed something wrong, probably as thick as his calf.He had seen such a big snake before, it was very ferocious, but not very intelligent.He was a little suspicious again: "However, my wife is very beautiful, she is beautiful...somewhat strange." I once suspected that she was a vixen, and ordinary women would not be so beautiful. I also visited brothels in the early years, and I was not so pretty woman.
Daiyu asked, "How beautiful is it?"
Uncle Yin glanced at 'him': "It's only a little worse than you."
Yao Sanlang: "Hey~! That is really beautiful. Brother Yin, you are really blessed... I wonder if there are any suspicious outsiders in the house recently?"
Daiyu is too cute to understand, she is a beautiful girl of academic school, and she only has theoretical knowledge about things in the world.Still thinking: the snake slough belonged to a young snake, the daughter-in-law of the Yin family really disappeared, the old Taoist priest is hard to tell, and the beautiful snake demon.
Uncle Yin's face changed slightly, and he understood in seconds: "I often have old contacts here, because this place is quite far from the city, and people often come to stay at night." You mean... Maybe my wife was stolen?In the name of a goblin, let me not pursue it?Is this a new deception in the arena?
Daiyu understood this sentence, and was stunned. Could it be possible to use the goblin's trick to cover up such a thing as robbing a woman from a good family?She asked: "What time did your Madam disappear, and is there anyone around?"
From the bottom of his heart, Uncle Yin neither hopes nor believes that his daughter-in-law is a snake demon, even a vixen is fine, I am most afraid of snakes!
He was happy to see that what the old Taoist said was false, so he thought about it carefully: "It should be that at night, the little maid serving the wife in the house was killed, so I can't ask anything, but I saw her at dinner, and later told someone Drinking until late at night, I found it when I went back to my room. It should be at night." He suddenly widened his eyes, and rushed out with a whoosh.
The two followed in confusion, and they were able to keep up.
Uncle Yin was lying on the window paper, inspecting one window after another, stomped his foot suddenly and smashed a bluestone slab, and said irritably and uncertainly: "There is a hole!"
Daiyu asked, "Does someone use Mixiang?"
"……uncertain."
He looked in front of and behind the house, but found no footprints, either it was cleaned up cleanly, or it was due to his light work.The tiles on the roof were exposed to the wind and rain all the year round, and if they were not stained with dust, no footprints would be visible. He also knew that serious thieves did not leave footprints, and they would pick up clean places to go.
Daiyu asked: "Sanlang, do some calculations."
Yao Sanlang's eyes darkened, and he said in a low voice: "My dear brother, you are too demanding of your brother, at most you can count life and death, and nothing else can be counted." But the two answers to the matter, one is 'really a goblin' The other is 'looted away', not dead.
Uncle Yin smiled murderously: "You two, don't worry, the old Taoist said yesterday that he would help me out of my misfortune, let me arrange the mourning hall, and said that he would come over in the afternoon to do it." Could it be that he is the only one who can play tricks, and I won't ?
The two young masters stayed behind, and the old Taoist came here when it was getting dark. Seeing the two handsome young masters here, he was slightly startled, and stepped forward calmly: "Master Yin, it is the time when the sun and the moon are changing." At that time, it’s time to start exorcising evil spirits. You just burn paper in front of the spirit, and leave all other affairs to the poor.”
He found another opportunity when no one was there and sighed to the two of them: "Why come here?"
Uncle Yin was crying in front of the coffin, it was miserable: "Grandma! Let's love each other, why did you just go like this, you didn't even leave a son and a half daughter, where will I find you so beautiful in the future?" Daughter-in-law."
He peeked at the old Taoist priest, this fellow is really calm.
Throwing paper money in handfuls: "Grandma Yin, you are such a good person, with good looks and personality, how can I live the rest of my life without you! You have a soul, and if you don't want me, you and I Say it!"
Before the voice fell, it was really effective.The smoke in the pot where the paper money was burned was originally diffuse, but now it suddenly became straight up and down, not only straight up and down, but also turned red little by little from bottom to top.
Uncle Yin burst into tears: "Grandma, come back, I don't dislike you no matter if you are a demon or a ghost!"
Daiyu stared at the smoke in shock: "(⊙o⊙) ah!"
Yao Sanlang explained to her via voice transmission: "The smoke from wolf dung goes straight up and down, and the paint in the fireworks is added, and it looks red."
Daiyu: "(⊙o⊙) Oh!"
The old Taoist remained calm in the face of danger: "Fairy Shengqing, #...%...￥%￥..." spell.
This Daiyu knows: "Baopu Zi Nei Pian" Volume [-] Dengshe: The person who sees a big snake wearing a crown in the mountains is called Shengqing, and it is auspicious to call it.
The old Taoist seems to firmly believe that this is the snake demon, and he is doing it seriously.
Uncle Yin tried several times, but he didn't see any problem, so he couldn't attack him.
After finishing the ritual, stay with Daoist Master for one night, and send him back tomorrow morning, the old Daoist readily agreed.
The two handsome young masters also stayed here, and they had their own hostesses. Daiyu and Hongtao slept in the same room, and Hongtao naturally slept in the outer room.
Daiyu sat on the bed and thought about it for a while, then stuffed the silver knife under the quilt that was not unfolded on the other bed. She wanted to draw the knife out exactly, so as to avoid turning over at night and waking herself up with her arms and legs pressed on it. It's really hard and cold.
The moonlit night was silent, and Uncle Yin was keeping watch.
Daiyu slept soundly, and suddenly felt something was wrong and woke up.
There is a familiar aroma in the room, strange, obviously there is no incense... Isn't this the chicken crowing and five drums breaking the soul incense!
She was touching a cup by the bed, raised her hand and threw it to hit Heart's thigh, but she didn't wake up, she seemed to be in a coma.
Daiyu rolled quietly to the inner side of the bed, pressed the spring, and slowly drew the knife, so slowly that no sound could be heard.
The two people slid in through the transom above, and landed from a height of more than ten feet, without making a sound.One ran to the beautiful maid on the bed in the outer room, and the other went to the inner room.
Sitting on the bed, Daiyu quietly asked, "What do you want to do?"
"Hehehe~ What a beautiful little lady, it's spring breeze for brother to come here?"
"Oh." Daiyu stabbed the man across the face with a stabbing knife calmly, pulled out the knife, and cut off the other man's legs according to the plan in her heart. Cross-examination.
Considering what Master said about an injured leg, she can still stab someone in the back. She jumped out of bed, put one foot on the man's back, and pressed him to the ground with a heavy weight. Looking at those hands, she murmured: "What is Tesuji picked? Which one is Tesuji?"
I've only heard of it, never contacted.Ah, the senior brother said that he wants me to travel and experience more things. It really makes sense, but I just don’t understand it when I study at home.
He simply knocked him unconscious, wrinkled his nose, opened the door in a cloak and shouted, "Come on! How can you sleep with such a strong smell of blood!"
Yao Sanlang next door jumped out of biu: "Are you all right?"
Daiyu yawned with the knife in her hand, looked weak while holding the door frame, and said in a low voice, "Two people were cut down, the smell of blood is so strong, I'm sleepy." I don't need to sleep at all, I'm so sleepy now.
The yelling in the middle of the night was very clear. Uncle Yin, who was guarding the spirit, stayed up all night. He was most afraid of snakes. Thinking that he had slept with a snake demon in his arms for three years, he couldn't help but fight between the two, and couldn't sleep at all. He rushed over immediately when he heard the yelling.
Seeing the pretty fairy-like young master holding a bloody steel knife in his hand, he hurried into the room to have a look, and came out with the still alive man in his arms, clasping his fists together: "Thank you, sir!" , must have stolen my wife like this!
Daiyu stared wide-eyed, you're actually holding someone between your elbows!Alone!You can still hug me with both hands!
She was surprised: "Be careful, I didn't pick his hands."
The author has something to say: The Youdunzi of Rieclipse is very good.
Baby Daiyu was always fresh and surprised all the way.
I haven't written anything of this pure quack nature, so I don't know if it's well written.
Wiping sweat, Daiyu finally killed again, great, I have been waiting for this opportunity!